Kids taste cake for wedding winner

Westin Copley and FOX25’s “A Wedding to Remember” contest came to Hingham's Foster Elementary School on Thursday, where bride-to-be Karyn Sampson works, to give the fifth grade a chance to help Sampson and fiancé Mac Luciani chose a wedding cake flavor. Sampson, from Kingston, and Luciani, from Scituate, won the wedding, given to a military serviceman and their finance, after receiving the most votes in the online contest in September.
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Montilio's, who is making the cake as part of the contest,brought three flavors for students to try, including a strawberry and cream cake, a chocolate and truffle fudge cake, and a white cake with raspberries. Elizabeth Hopkins with Fox25 News brought camera crews to broadcast the taste testing live that morning.
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Hopkins smiles as the fifth graders around her try their firstpiece of cake. In total 12 cakes, or 250 servings, were brought to give to the students.
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Kids enjoyed the treat as the television show aired differentsegments of the cake testing.
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Many of the children, such as Sam Taverna, 10, got a chance to hold the camera equipment. In addition to the cake testing, the fifth grade class will also take a field trip to Fox25's studio.
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Emily Bryant (left) and Alexandra Lannon, both 10, try the cake out. According to Sampson, Luciani and her are letting the kids taste and vote on all the cake flavors before trying the flavors themselves.
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The favorites were spread amongst all three flavors after taking a quick tally from Ms. Marshalka's class.
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Sampson and Luciani walk around table to table during thetasting. The experience is still a whirlwind, they said.
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Foster principal Dr. Debbie Stellar speaks with Hopkins about the importance of recognizing veterans. The school has put together care packages for veterans and honored veterans through displays and ceremonies on Veterans Day and Memorial Day. "This is like a natural connection," Stellar said.
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Elisabeth Quinlivan, Ruthie Kerver, and Stori Levarity hold up a sign congratulating Sampson, who works in the school, and Luciani.
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The class also thanked Fox25 for coming to the school with a big sign.
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